Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet

Summary

Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope make the case for climate action led by cities, businesses and citizens. They draw on experience in government, industry and environmental advocacy to explain changes that can proceed without waiting for a single national policy. Their argument gives weight to immediate economic and health benefits alongside longer-term environmental aims. The publisher’s opening excerpt follows the Sierra Club’s shift in strategy and its negotiations over coal plants and wind power. Across the book, the authors present practical choices and partnerships as the means to turn broad goals into action, while acknowledging their different routes to the subject.

• SourceClimate of Hope — Macmillan book description and authorized excerpt · Book Details; Carl Pope, chapter1 Going After Goliath, passage about two partly built coal plants, missing permits, sunk costs and negotiated wind-power purchases; 2018 paperback ISBN 9781250142085Checked 2026-10-28

Why read it Our view

Useful for founders facing changes in energy markets or regulation. Pope’s opening case shows how permit risk, sunk construction costs, negotiations and commitments to buy wind power can change a firm’s investment choices.